Press Release: FDI into OECD countries rose 22% in 2006

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into OECD countries in 2006 reached its highest level since 2000 and the near-term outlook for FDI remains strong, buoyed by high corporate profits, low interest rates and robust macroeconomic growth. A new OECD report, Trends and Recent Developments in Foreign Direct Investment, forecasts FDI in its 30 member countries to increase by a further 20% in 2007.
Inward FDI rose 22% to USD 910 billion in 2006, up from USD 747 billion in 2005 and USD 491 billion in 2004, according to the latest estimates from the OECD.

OECD: Trends and Recent Developments in Foreign Direct Investment, 2007 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/62/43/38818788.pdf

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